Mandell JCC
Legal name: The Joyce D & Andrew J Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 060662142
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- West Hartford, CT, United States
- Phone
- 860-236-4571
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,265,379
- Expenses
- $13,305,939
- Assets
- $22,333,879
- Liabilities
- $3,290,997
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
66 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID JACOBS (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID JACOBS (PRESIDENT & CEO): $319,854 total reported compensation
- LESLIE SAX (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $154,431 total reported compensation
- KIM CORONA CHARRON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $135,967 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To engage people of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds, through cultural, educational, and wellness programs guided by Jewish values. Vision Statement:. We deliver mission-focused programs to help individuals live a physically, intellectually, and emotionally healthy life. Passing on Jewish Culture & History - _L’dor V'dor_ We celebrate the history and traditions of the Jewish people. It is the JCC’s goal to provide and foster an interactive community on its social media outlets, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, various blogs, etc. The JCC encourages interaction and communication between itself and its social media users. The JCC expects that its participants will treat each other with respect and be courteous of one another while on the JCC’s page or site. The JCC reserves the right to delete comments posted, or remove and block users that post and submit materials that...
What it reported doing in 2024
A summer day camp located on 75 acres of woods and waterfront serving approximately 340 campers. Camp is the perfect place for a child to enjoy the outdoors, skiing, boating, fishing, tubing, arts & crafts, pottery swimming and so much more. There are a variety of activities to encourage togetherness, friendship, fun and new challenges in a safe, welcoming, inclusive and nurturing environment all within the context of jewish values.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 57 of 57 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $320K · 66 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $690K reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.